scholarly journals Ecological approach to the study of medicinal plants: Soil-plant relationship

2004 ◽  
pp. 199-212
Author(s):  
Dragica Obratov-Petkovic ◽  
Ivana Popovic ◽  
Ratko Kadovic ◽  
Snezana Belanovic ◽  
Zoran Miletic
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Individual Plant ◽  
Ecological Indices ◽  
The Status ◽  
Active Substances ◽  
Potential Exploitation

A very important parameter for the utilization of medicinal plants is the quality of active substances. The quality of the plant active substances does not depend only on its physiological potential and condition, but also on the environmental factors. The status of microelements in the soil and the basic ecological indices of plants, as the site indicators, at two localities on Mt. Kosmaj are presented. It was concluded that these relationships are very complex, in most cases identical and in direct correlation with the representation of individual plant species. Medicinal plants were analyzed in the first place because of their potential exploitation.

Plants of Central Queensland

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Individual Plant ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Grazing Lands ◽  
Sustainable Productivity

Conservation and sustainable productivity are vital issues for Australia. In order to manage vegetation well from an agricultural, recreational or conservation point of view, an understanding of individual plant species is important. Plants of Central Queensland provides a guide for identifying and understanding the plants of the region so that pastoralists and others can be better equipped to manage the vegetation resource of our grazing lands. Central Queensland straddles the Tropic of Capricorn, although many of the plants in the book will also be found outside this area, as shown by their distribution maps. The book provides information on the habit, distribution, foliage and fruits of 525 plant species. Informative notes highlighting declared, poisonous, weed and medicinal plants are included, and plants useful for bees and bush tucker are also noted. These are the most important plants you might see if you live in or travel through central Queensland. This book has an easy-to-read, non-botanical format, with helpful photographs and distribution maps that greatly aid anyone interested in the vegetation of central Queensland. It is based on a previous work of the same title but is greatly expanded, incorporating information on an additional 285 plant species.

scholarly journals Phytoindication approach to assessing factors determining the habitat preferences of red deer (Cervus elaphus)

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-206
Author(s):  
V. I. Domnich ◽  
A. V. Domnich ◽  
O. V. Zhukov
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Cervus Elaphus ◽  
Red Deer ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Distribution Model ◽  
Individual Plant ◽  
Fecal Pellets ◽  
Vegetation Class ◽  
Nutrients Availability

The study examined the possibility of using the phytoindication technique to describe habitat preferences of red deer in a relatively homogeneous area. Two alternative hypotheses were tested. Hypothesis 1 suggests that the relationship between red deer and vegetation is due to a trophic factor, so preferences for individual plant species cause vegetation to influence the distribution of animal numbers. Hypothesis 2 suggests that environmental factors influence vegetation, structuring and determining the productive level of the community as a whole. Therefore, environmental factors, rather than individual plant species, cause vegetation-animal interactions. The research was conducted on Biryuchiy Island Spit, where the Azov-Sivash National Nature Park is located. The geobotanical surveys were performed in three types of ecosystems: sandy steppe (vegetation class Festucetea vaginatae), saline meadows (vegetation class Festuco–Puccinellietea), and artificial forest plantation (vegetation class Robinietea). 250 releves were recorded according to the Brown-Blanquet approach. The number of fecal pellets and the number of groups of pellets of red deer was recorded together with geobotanical surveys in the same sample plots. The pellet groups counted in the field were converted to deer densities in specific vegetation classes taking into account the number of pellet groups on the site and the decay rate of the fecal pellets. The vegetation types were distinguished by the number of deer fecal pellets per unit area. The highest number of fecal pellets was found for the plant class Festucetea vaginatae, somewhat fewer fecal pellets were in the plant class Robinietea, and the lowest number was in the plant class Festuco-Puccinellietea. A geometric distribution model is adequate for explaining the experimental data on the number of fecal pellets. A total of 59 species of flowering plants were found. Based on the species composition and projective cover of species, the ecological regimes of ecotopes were identified by phytoindication. The correspondence analysis of the vegetation revealed two ordination axes. The ordination axis 1 (CA1) was able to explain 11.3% of community inertia, and the ordination axis 2 (CA2) was able to explain 5.2% of community inertia. The maximum excretory activity of animals was recorded for the central part of the ordination space, indicating the presence of an optimum zone in the gradient of environmental factors that structure plant communities. The forward selection procedure allowed the Nutrients Availability variable to be selected as the most important variable to explain variation in the plant community structure. The number of deer fecal pellets exhibited different patterns of response in the Nutrients Availability gradient. The response within the plant class Festucetea vaginatae could best be explained by Model III from the list of HOF-models. The response of the excretory activity of deer within the class Festuco-Puccinellietea could best be fitted by the model IV, which represents a symmetric Gaussian curve. The response of excretory activity in the Robinietea vegetation class was asymmetrical bimodal. The ecological properties of the red deer ecological niche in both the drier and less mineralized part of the range of ecological conditions and the wetter and more mineralized part should be assessed in the context of the prospects for future studies.

scholarly journals Chemical Composition and Content of Biologically Active Substances Found in Cotinus coggygria, Dactylorhiza maculata, Platanthera chlorantha Growing in Various Territories

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2806
Author(s):  
Stanislav Sukhikh ◽  
Lyudmila Asyakina ◽  
Maxim Korobenkov ◽  
Liubov Skrypnik ◽  
Artem Pungin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trace Elements ◽  
Capillary Electrophoresis ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Feed Additives ◽  
Biologically Active Substances ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Livestock Products ◽  
Cotinus Coggygria ◽  
Active Substances

Medicinal plants (Cotinus coggygria, Dactylorhiza maculata, Platanthera chlorantha) growing in various territories (Kaliningrad, Moscow, and Minsk regions) were the objects of research. This paper presents a study of the chemical composition of these plants. To analyze the qualitative and quantitative composition of biologically active substances, the method of high-performance liquid chromatography was used. Atomic absorption spectrometry was used to study the content of trace elements. The content of organic acids and vitamins was determined by capillary electrophoresis using the Kapel-105/105M capillary electrophoresis system with high negative polarity. Extracts of medicinal plants were obtained on a Soxhlet apparatus using 70% ethanol as an extractant. It was found that among the biologically active substances in the plants under discussion, hyperoside, rutin (C. coggygria), Ferulic acid and Gallic acid (D. maculata), triene hydrocarbon (3,7-Dimethyl-1,3,6-octatriene), unsaturated alcohol (3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-ol), and benzyl acetate (P. chlorantha) prevailed. Samples of these medicinal plants contained trace elements (phosphorus, potassium, calcium, sodium, magnesium, and sulfur) and many aliphatic organic acids (succinic acid, benzoic acid, fumaric acid, citric acid, oxalic acid, and tartaric acid). The largest amount of biologically active substances and secondary metabolites of the studied plants from the Eastern Baltic is associated with climatic and ecological differences from other regions. The composition of these plants determines the potential of their use in feed additives for livestock and poultry as part of measures to improve the quality of livestock products. The use of medicinal plants for the production of feed additives is relevant in terms of improving regional economies, as well as improving the quality of life and nation’s health by providing ecologically clean livestock products.

scholarly journals Taxonomic Enumeration of Angiosperm Flora of Sreenagar Upazila, Munshigang, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-172
Author(s):  
Zakia Mahmudah ◽  
Md Muzahidul Islam ◽  
Tahmina Haque ◽  
Mohammad Zashim Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Rare Species ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
Calotropis Procera ◽  
Poisonous Plant ◽  
The Status ◽  
Total Plant ◽  
Passiflora Foetida ◽  
Trees And Shrubs

The present article focuses the status of angiosperm flora of Sreenagar upazila under Munshiganj district. The study was done from July 2015 to June 2016. A total of 219 plant species of angiosperms was identified belonging to 165 genera and 70 families. Among them 38 species were monocotyledons and 181 plant species were dicotyledons. Herbs were the largest life forms among the angiosperms and contained about 58% of total plant species occurring in this area. Trees and shrubs occupied 23% and 12% respectively. Climbers were 6% but epiphytes (1%) were very negligible in number in the study area. About 51 medicinal plants were recorded from this study. The following species viz. Lasia spinosa, Calamus tenuis, Tinospora crispa, Passiflora foetida and Calotropis procera were recorded only once and hence considered as rare species in Sreenagar upazila. An invasive poisonous plant Parthenium hysterophorus was also found in Sreenagar. Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 43(2): 161-172, December 2017

scholarly journals An Overview of Cutaneous Wounds and the Beneficial Roles of Medicinal Plants in Promoting Wound Healing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nura Muhammad Umar ◽  
Thaigarajan Parumasivam ◽  
Seok-Ming Toh
Keyword(s):  
Wound Healing ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Chronic Wounds ◽  
Therapeutic Agents ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Cutaneous Wounds ◽  
Active Substances ◽  
Significant Attention

It is undeniable that many patients worldwide suffer from various types of wounds, especially from chronic wounds. The complex and intricate process of wound healing has a severe impact on the patient's quality of life as well as causing an economic burden on healthcare institutions. Although various new therapies have become available for treating patients with acute and chronic wounds for the past decade, the available therapies are often expensive or accompanied by undesirable side effects. Hence, the discovery of a new arsenal for wound healing remains a hot topic of research. Recently, plants or herbs and their derivatives have garnered significant attention as a source of therapeutic agents to treat wounds. This is because plants provide a rich reservoir of phytochemicals that could potentially become effective and affordable therapeutic agents. Thus, the present review attempted to outline wound healing mechanisms and analysed some renowned medicinal plants with potential wound healing properties from the existing literature from various electronic databases. This review also sheds light on the plant's underlying molecular mechanisms and, wherever available, acknowledges the biologically active substances found in these plants.

scholarly journals From Lady’s-slipper Orchid to Christ’s Crown. Morpho-Semantic Analysis of Religiously Motivated Phytonyms in French, Italian and Serbian Language

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Milica Mirić ◽  
Danijela Đorović
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Individual Plant ◽  
Italian Language ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Plant Names ◽  
Slipper Orchid ◽  
The Subject ◽  
West European

Folk plant names as an extremely various layer of each language lexis, are the subject of study in many disciplines, including linguistics. In this paper, denominational procedures in naming plants in French, Italian and Serbian language are examined on the morphological, semantic and motivational plan, using onomasiological analysis. Due to the great importance that man has always attached to religion, the folk nominator has found in its numerous inducements for giving names to plants. For this reason, the religiously motivated phytonyms were examined, containing hagionyms Mother of God, God and Christ, or who are in the indirect semantic connection with them. Research results show that the term "Mother of God" is the most frequent source of motivation in all three languages, and that the investigated phytonyms relate mostly to medicinal plants. The metaphorical denomination was conducted on morphological or utilization characteristics of plants, and many legends in which individual plant species are linked to the examined Christian concepts. By comparing phytonyms in these three languages, it has been determined that these are often created morphologically and semantically similarly or in the same way in the French and Italian language, while Serbian is different in that respect. The causes of this state lie in the different structure of Romance (analytical) versus Slavic (synthetic) languages, but also in the specifics of West European and South Slavic culture and civilization.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Macroinvertebrate Data Based on Autoecological Information

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 36-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Juhász
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Environmental Variables ◽  
Feeding Guilds ◽  
Hydrological Data ◽  
Longitudinal Zonation ◽  
The Status ◽  
Status Assessment ◽  
Macroinvertebrate Fauna ◽  
Functional Feeding Guilds

Abstract Various data (biological, chemical, hydrological and morphological) have been gathered within the frame of the monitoring of the Water Framework Directive from 2007 in Hungary. This data only used a status assessment of certain water bodies in Hungary. The macroinvertebrates indicate many environmental factors well; therefore, they are very useful in detecting changes in the status of an environment. The main aim in this research was to investigate changes in environmental variables and decide how these variables cause big changes in the macroinvertebrate fauna. The macroinvertebrate data was processed using the ASTERICS 4.0.4 program. The program calculated some important metrics (i.e., microhabitat distributions, longitudinal zonation, functional feeding guilds, etc.). These metrics were compared with the chemical and hydrological data. The main conclusion is that if we have enough of a frequency and quality of macroinvertebrate data, we can understand changes in the environment of an ecosystem.

scholarly journals POTENSI TUMBUHAN OBAT DI DESA BEMBAN KAWASAN HUTAN LINDUNG GUNUNG AMBAWANG KECAMATAN KUBU KABUPATEN KUBU RAYA

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuli Rianti ◽  
Purwati Purwati ◽  
Wahdina Wahdina
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Medicinal Plant Species ◽  
Resultant Effect ◽  
Plot Area ◽  
Active Substances

The potential of forest products is not only in the form of timber, but also other valuable benefits that can contribute to human life such as medicinal plants for health. Medicinal plants are plants that have functions and nourishments as medicine and used for therapy or prevention of various diseases. The term “medicinal” itself means “ to contain certain active substances that can treat certain diseases and contain certain active substances, contain a resultant effect or synergy of various substances which have the healing effects. This research aims to assess the potential and utilization of medicinal plants and herbs found in Bemban Village in the Protected Forest Area of Gunung Ambawang of Kubu Subdistrict, Kubu Raya Regency. The research was carried out in Bemban Village in the Protected Forest Area of Gunung Ambawang of Kubu Subdistrict, Kubu Raya Regency for more or less 4 weeks effective in the field. The vegetation analysis method in the field of the research was carried out with plot line method placed by purposive sampling. The research sites had 3 observation lines with a plot length of 100-300 m, the number of observation plots was 12 plots and each plot area was 0,04 ha with distance between the plots in one line was 50 m. So, the total area of observation was 0,04 ha. The results showed that there were 87 medicinal plant species of 59 families. A total of 58 medicinal plant species of 34 families were taken directly by the community around the yard, and 29 species of medicinal plants of 25 families found from the analysis of the vegetation in the field.  Keywords: Bemban Village, Gunung Ambawang, Medicinal Plants

The dual nature of obesity in metabolic programming: quantity versus quality of adipose tissue

2020 ◽  
Vol 134 (18) ◽  
pp. 2447-2451
Author(s):  
Anissa Viveiros ◽  
Gavin Y. Oudit
Keyword(s):  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Maternal Obesity ◽  
Metabolic Programming ◽  
Dual Nature ◽  
Prevalence Of Obesity ◽  
Adipose Tissue Volume ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Metabolically Healthy

Abstract The global prevalence of obesity has been rising at an alarming rate, accompanied by an increase in both childhood and maternal obesity. The concept of metabolic programming is highly topical, and in this context, describes a predisposition of offspring of obese mothers to the development of obesity independent of environmental factors. Research published in this issue of Clinical Science conducted by Litzenburger and colleagues (Clin. Sci. (Lond.) (2020) 134, 921–939) have identified sex-dependent differences in metabolic programming and identify putative signaling pathways involved in the differential phenotype of adipose tissue between males and females. Delineating the distinction between metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity is a topic of emerging interest, and the precise nature of adipocytes are key to pathogenesis, independent of adipose tissue volume.

Strategic Role of Zakat in Multidimensional Quality of Life in Sijunjung, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-72
Author(s):  
Herlin Hamimi ◽  
Abdul Ghafar Ismail ◽  
Muhammad Hasbi Zaenal
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Wealth Distribution ◽  
Absolute Poverty ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Status ◽  
Being There ◽  
The Impact

Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam which has a function of faith, social and economic functions. Muslims who can pay zakat are required to give at least 2.5 per cent of their wealth. The problem of poverty prevalent in disadvantaged regions because of the difficulty of access to information and communication led to a gap that is so high in wealth and resources. The instrument of zakat provides a paradigm in the achievement of equitable wealth distribution and healthy circulation. Zakat potentially offers a better life and improves the quality of human being. There is a human quality improvement not only in economic terms but also in spiritual terms such as improving religiousity. This study aims to examine the role of zakat to alleviate humanitarian issues in disadvantaged regions such as Sijunjung, one of zakat beneficiaries and impoverished areas in Indonesia. The researcher attempted a Cibest method to capture the impact of zakat beneficiaries before and after becoming a member of Zakat Community Development (ZCD) Program in material and spiritual value. The overall analysis shows that zakat has a positive impact on disadvantaged regions development and enhance the quality of life of the community. There is an improvement in the average of mustahik household incomes after becoming a member of ZCD Program. Cibest model demonstrates that material, spiritual, and absolute poverty index decreased by 10, 5, and 6 per cent. Meanwhile, the welfare index is increased by 21 per cent. These findings have significant implications for developing the quality of life in disadvantaged regions in Sijunjung. Therefore, zakat is one of the instruments to change the status of disadvantaged areas to be equivalent to other areas.

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